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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. TORNA (1982)

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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. TORNA
Term: 1981
Important Dates
Decided: March 22, 1982
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. TORNA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1982.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 455 U.S. 586
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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